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Courseulles-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kuʁsœl syʁ mɛʁ] , lit. '
Courseulles on Sea'),
commonly known as
Courseulles, is a
commune in the Calvados...
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landings on 6 June 1944
during the
Second World War. The
beach spanned from
Courseulles, a
village just east of the
British beach Gold, to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer...
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shortly dela**** by the
second fight for WN29
Courseulles-sur-Mer (Osten), byp****ing the
fight for WN30
Courseulles-sur-Mer (Süden), the
Regina Rifles Regiment...
- Sections:
Coastal Defense Group Courseulles and
Coastal Defense Group Riva-Bella. To the west,
Coastal Defense Group Courseulles commanded all
divisional troops...
- in the
Normandy region, in
northwestern France. It lies 4 km
south of
Courseulles-sur-Mer and 15 kn
northwest of Caen. It lies at the
confluence of the...
- (Nan
White beach)
Regina Rifles at
Courseulles (Nan
Green beach)
Royal Winnipeg Rifles on the
western edge of
Courseulles (Mike Red and Mike
Green beaches)...
- The
canton of
Courseulles-sur-Mer is an
administrative division of the
Calvados department,
northwestern France. It was
created at the
French canton reorganisation...
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Courseulles was a
railway station in
Courseulles-sur-Mer at the end of the CF Caen-Mer,
terminus of
trains from Caen and Luc-sur-Mer. The
station and extension...
- Administratively, it is part of the arrondis****t of Caen and the
canton of
Courseulles-sur-Mer. It is 2.1 km east of Bernières-sur-Mer, 4 km
north of Douvres-la-Délivrande...
- nests,
concrete fortifications,
barbed wire, and
mines were
located at
Courseulles-sur-Mer, St Aubin-sur-Mer, and Bernières-sur-Mer. The
towns had to be...